DubStemMix is made for playing: a dub version of a tune’s stems, live, with your hands on the Akai MIDImix. Free, ready as it opens. Logic Pro is Apple’s complete studio, with a superb Stem Splitter and Tape Delay.
Facts about Logic Pro come from apple.com (Logic Pro 12), checked in October 2026.
Why DubStemMix for a dub version
- Played with your hands: six stem strips and two effect strips, mirrored on the MIDImix: The board.
- Dub moves built in: throw, drop, hold, crash, pull-up, one gesture each.
- Effects voiced for dub: a tape echo that darkens, a spring that crashes, King Tubby’s stepped high-pass: The effects.
- Made for the night: setlists, the next tune armed while one plays, nothing that cuts by mistake: Playing live. And free.
At a glance
| DubStemMix | Logic Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | a dub console for one tune’s stems | a complete studio |
| Stem separation | drums, bass, instruments, vocals | drums, bass, vocals, guitar, piano, other |
| Tape echo | built in, with HOLD, ×2, tape stop | Tape Delay |
| Spring reverb | built in, with CRASH | spring types in Amp Designer; ChromaVerb, Space Designer |
| Phaser | Bi-Phase-style phaser or tape flanger | Phaser |
| Dub gestures | ready | built with controller assignments or automation |
| Akai MIDImix | every control has its job | preset downloaded from Akai for volume, mute, solo and pan; Learn mode for the rest |
| Platforms | macOS 15+, Apple Silicon | Mac with Apple silicon, Logic Pro for iPad |
| Price | free, open source (MIT) | $199.99 once, or Apple Creator Studio |
What Logic Pro does well
The whole studio: record, produce, mix and master, a huge library of instruments and effects, and a Stem Splitter that also separates guitar and piano. Ideal for a polished dub mix built with automation.
Which one for you
- Pick DubStemMix to play dub versions live on a MIDImix, ready as it opens, for free.
- Pick Logic Pro to record, produce and finish music, or to craft a dub mix track by track.
Split or export stems in Logic, then play them in DubStemMix. Your Audio Unit plugins work on its buses and inserts.
Try DubStemMix
Free, one line in the Terminal, on an Apple Silicon Mac:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yoanbernabeu/DubStemMix/main/install.sh | shThen follow your first dub, step by step: ten moves, from the stems to your recorded version.